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KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta Introduces Plasma Bigscreen Mode for HTPCs (www.techpowerup.com)
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[–] 28 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Probably the same as on a Linux desktop now, the browser sites work fine but you won't get 4k or HDR.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Worth it in my books. Might be my eyes going bad, but I can't notice much difference beyond 720p

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  • [–] 34 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    With respect, if you cannot notice a difference between 720p and 4k on a 4k compatible screen, then you do indeed have something wrong with your eyes.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I sold TVs when 1080p was coming out and there were so many “your eyes can only see the difference between 720p and 1080p if the screen is X big or you’re X close to it” and it was baffling. How could people have such bad eyes? Then I hit 30, 40, and… fuckin HUGE DIFFERENCE STILL. A 16” screen 10m from me? 1080p is going to look FAR better than 720p, much less 4k.

    No shade to folks with poor eyesight, but tons of shade to anyone saying there not a difference when they can see it, to justify their purchasing choices (like huge amount of people arguing for 30FPS during the XBone/PS4 gen)

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    My 60" TV is so far away from the couch that my Steam Deck's screen in my hands is the same perceived size. Depending on what you're watching, the difference between 1080P and 4k isn't that noticeable at that distance. What really makes a difference is HDR. Also note that lower-res content is often way more compressed, which makes it much more noticeable.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    You bring up another great point: higher rez with shitty compression or artifacting looks wayyy shittier than lower rez with good compression!

    Quick edit: unfortunately for most any steaming service, you get shitty compression AND low rez through a browser D:

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I mean... is the situation much better through an app? I haven't noticed a difference, but I have very little experience comparing the two

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  • [+] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I was really confused for a moment over why monitors would use nitrate and how it could affect the experience. Then I realized you meant bitrate lol

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Resolution isn't actually important. Dots per inch is, but also it needs to be scaled by distance. Low DPI isn't noticeable if you're far away, but even high DPI is when you're close to it. It might be less that your eyes are going bad and more that you're sitting further away from your screen or your screen is really small.

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